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I HATE winter. I hate being cold. So we ran away north when winter set in. Where I finally could knock something off my bucket list. My 70th birthday present to me - snorkeling with a whale shark off Ningaloo Reef.

"Welcome to Country" implies the Aboriginal/Indigenous population of Australia are a separate population of citizens of a country we happen to merely be invited guests. Well, we're not 'invited guests.' Most of us were born here. The original British settlers were invaders, back in the...

1) I've rented many places in my life, never had to supply bank accounts etc - BUT can quite understand why the estate agents want them in this day and age. The number of houses left absolutely trashed by tenants makes owners reluctant to rent out their property at all. The bond does NOT...

I have taken to carrying a magnifying glass when I go shopping, so I can read the labels on packaging and price comparison tags on shelves (though usually I don't need the magnifying glass for that - at least, not yet!). One problem is the amount of information that has to go on food labels...

I'm retired on a disability support pension, no kids, spent what little superannuation I had on getting solar panels and battery backup. So there goes all the 'cost of living benefits Albo's talking about. He doesn't say anything about raising pensions, does he?

Snorkel with a humpback whale

No, I don't think parents should have "leeway" in public places. 1. Not everybody likes to be accosted by a toddler - you are sure your child is adorable, but I might not. 2. The next man wee Johnny (or Jenny) toddles up to and paws at (yes, it's happened to me and, more importantly, my...

I'm told Carnarvon has the Best Climate in the world. After all, 50% of the flies in Australia can't be wrong. Well, I did find Carnarvon an interesting place, with rather fewer flies than many another spot! But me, I'd rather go to Broome or Coral Bay IF I could afford it. After...

Cross out ALP and insert 'all politicians', please!

And, to hammer a point, why is it such an impost to recycle whatever can be recycled? Try going out to your local dump and see the 'smokey mountain' of rubbish accumulating there - a lot of it could be repurposed, recycled instead of providing a nest for rats and seagulls. Nature can deal...

Good point!

I approve of 'work for the dole' - but to me, that's to teach people who prefer to live on the dole the satisfaction of 'a good job well done'. Having them scrounge through stinking rubbish isn't going to do them any good. But maybe it should be a task for chronic lawbreakers of all...

I really cannot understand why people 'don't know' what belongs in a recycling bin - all I've seen have been clearly marked what is and what isn't. And one thing that's been pushed since they first appeared is NO PLASTIC BAGS. If a plastic bag is 'reusable' to me it is obvious - you can use...

"States rights! States rights!" Providing health care is a function/duty of the state, not federal, government. Until, of course, a crisis - then "the Federal Government must step in". Which is why I advocate two tiers of government - federal and local. Get rid of state governments and...

Is she paying for a bed and breakfast? Is she paying you to be her nanny? If she is paying both, you're being unreasonable. But she doesn't seem to be. She's dumped the responsibility of her kids on you, you were generous enough to take it on. The kids also need to learn some...

Anything multiplied by 0 = 0. Simple. 4(4-3-1) = 4x0 =0 Where in the equation is a division?

"Hidden" fees that only appear when you're committed to buy are illegal, should be reported whenever discovered and any business applying them should be penalalised. The purchaser is needs to know the cost of the purchase to him/her, not how much goes to GST, to the staff wages or the...